Associate Attorney General (20th)U.S. Department of JusticeFederal Government
Stanley Edmund Woodward Jr. is a Washington defense attorney who became the 20th U.S. Associate Attorney General, the Justice Department's third-ranking official, taking office November 14, 2025 after Senate confirmation on October 7, 2025. A graduate of the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law, he practiced at Akin Gump before co-founding the firm Brand Woodward in 2020. In private practice he represented clients including Walt Nauta and Kash Patel in the special counsel investigation, as well as Peter Navarro and others, and he served as Senior Counselor to the President in 2025 before his elevation to the Department.
